Greg Kandrahttp://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/7091/0
enLamar Smith Column: National Media's Bias Erodes Public Confidencehttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/lamar-smith/2012/07/13/lamar-smith-column-national-medias-bias-erodes-public-confidence
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The national liberal media&rsquo;s bias has eroded the public&rsquo;s confidence in the news they get.&nbsp; Americans&rsquo; distrust of the national media will continue to grow until the national media provides the public with objective news reports. Recent bias displayed by the national media has caused one of its long-time defenders to grow &ldquo;weary of trying to defend the indefensible.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
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These recent remarks by former CBS producer Greg Kandra highlight the continued existence of the national media&rsquo;s liberal bias. &nbsp;As a result of the national media&rsquo;s use of selectively edited clips to push its liberal agenda, Kandra stated that he cannot and will not defend his former colleagues against claims of liberal bias.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:35:00 +0000Lamar Smith53337 at http://newsbusters.orgFormer Network TV Producer Disgusted by Andrea Mitchell Wawa Edits: 'I'm Done' Denying Liberal Biashttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/06/23/former-network-tv-producer-disgusted-andrea-mitchell-wawa-edits-im-done-
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Greg Kandra, a blogger and Catholic deacon whose last job in network TV was at CBS working for Katie Couric, took to his <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2012/06/memo-to-nbc-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you/">Deacon's Bench blog</a> to lament the sorry, biased state of TV news as NBC's Andrea Mitchell attempted to edit Mitt Romney's remarks at a Wawa convenience store into a "supermarket scanner moment" that would make him look like an out-of-touch rich guy.</p>
<p> I used to defend the networks and tut-tut liberal bias, he wrote, but no more. "Forget it," he said, "I'm done. You deserve what they're saying about you."</p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:05:06 +0000Tim Graham52939 at http://newsbusters.orgDramatic Front Page WashPost Story of Lesbian-Scarred-by-Priest Scandal Begins to Fall Apart http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/03/07/dramatic-page-one-washpost-story-lesbian-scarred-priest-scandal-begins-f
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On February 29, The Washington Post created a scandal for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington by dramatizing the denial of communion to lesbian activist Barbara Johnson at her mother&rsquo;s funeral. Reporter Michelle Boorstein <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2012/02/29/priest-denying-communion-active-lesbian-somehow-front-page-news-wapo">painted an emotional picture</a> of a Catholic daughter being publicly shamed by a priest at her lowest moment.<br />
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But new details keep ruining the Post&rsquo;s report. <a href="http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=27899">Thomas Peters at Catholic Vote</a> today reveals that Johnson has publicly declared she is a Buddhist, and not a Catholic! The Post is going to need to fill the Corrections box.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:47:10 +0000Tim Graham50467 at http://newsbusters.orgFormer Couric Employee at CBS Says Couric Had Margaret Sanger Picture on Office Wallhttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/05/16/former-couric-employee-cbs-says-couric-had-margaret-sanger-picture-offic
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" src="http://www.historicalprintshop.com/web_pages/P/portraits/portraits.S/25716.margaret.sanger.jpg" align="right" height="238" width="176" />Deacon Greg Kandra was an interesting presence on the CBS staff in the Katie Couric era. He edited her blog Couric &amp; Co. as he was ordained a Catholic deacon in 2007. At his Beliefnet blog <a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/deaconsbench/2010/05/katie-couric-margaret-sanger.html">The Deacon's Bench</a>, he responded to the blog Creative Minority Report claiming Couric is a modern Margaret Sanger, the controversial eugenics-endorsing founder of Planned Parenthood. (The label came from Couric's recent <a href="/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/05/14/couric-lauds-birth-control-preventive-medicine-calls-subsidies-under">subsidize-the-contraceptives commentary</a>.) I expected Kandra might offer some defense to the CBS star. Instead, Kandra wrote: </p><blockquote><p>CMR calls Katie a &quot;modern Margaret Sanger.&quot; <br /><br />I know what CMR is talking about. And boy, do they have Katie nailed. <br /><br />True story. A few years ago, when Katie first came to CBS News, I worked as the editor of her blog &quot;Couric &amp; Co.&quot; One afternoon, I had a meeting with her in her office overlooking the CBS newsroom. Her suite of offices is gorgeous: white-on-white, with a marble desk and gorgeous black-and-white prints on the walls. </div></div></div>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:02:28 +0000Tim Graham36259 at http://newsbusters.org